Now Playing:Japanese Government Claim They Were 'Unaware Of Fukushima Explosion Risk' - 25/04/11

Description: If we have to keep playing the 'which accident was worse' game, the so called experts need to break out the calculator again. Once they have figured out the TOTAL amount of radioactive contaminants from all explosions, steam that continues to rise daily, and the volume of water dumped into the ocean and ground everyone will be on a level playing field. Maybe competent people should be hired? It doesn't take a clairvoyant to know an explosion (hydrogen or otherwise) is possible with a nuclear reactor. Fukushima: Nuclear Blast at Reactor 3? www.youtube.com ************************************************************************* Govt was unaware of hydrogen explosion risk An advisor to Prime Minister Naoto Kan says no one in the government knew of the risk of a hydrogen explosion in the initial stages of the emergency at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The disclosure was made on Monday by Goshi Hosono, who is a governing party lawmaker and senior member of the government's nuclear taskforce. Hosono referred to a hydrogen blast that shattered the No.1 reactor building one day after the March 11th earthquake and tsunami. The blast occurred after workers began venting air from the reactor containment vessel to reduce pressure inside. Hosono said he was not aware of a single nuclear expert who warned of the risk of a hydrogen blast following the venting operation. He said nitrogen inside the reactor container was supposed to prevent such explosions. Plant operator Tokyo ...